Holder for playing-cards.



D. MAOQUEEN. HOLDER FOR PLAYING CARDS.

APPLICATION FILED FBB.11, 1914.

1,104,687, Patented July 21, 1914.

M lllllllllllllll DONALD MAGQUEEN, or ron'r'rrueon, MICHIGAN.

HOLDER ron PLAYING-CARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 11,1914. Serial No. 818,073.

. Patented July 21, 1914 To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, DONALD MACQUEEN,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders.

for Playing-Cards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suohHasHWi ll enable vothers skilled in the art to which 1t appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and usefu improvements in playing card holders, and has for its principal object to provide a device which is particularly adapted for use in playing the game known as Rhum poker.

Another object of this invention is to provide a card holder from which cards may be drawn without any danger of the players seeing the cards or knowlng the value thereof. I 1

Still another object of this invention is to provide a novel combination and arrangement of parts by means of wh ch the above mentioned objects may be attained wlthout the necessity of using any expensive apparatus.

A further object of the invention isto provide a card holder in which the cards may be discarded without in any way exposing the value of the card to the players.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specliication and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a longitudlnal sectional new of a box constructed in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the box, and Fig. l is an enlarged detail sectional view showing the hinge connection.

Referring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates the bottom of the box which is preferably provided with a layer of felt or similar ma terial 2 to prevent the same from scratching the table or other article of furnitureupon which it rests. Hingedly secured to the bottom are preferably provided the side walls 3 and 4 having formed centrally of their upper edges the recesses 5 and 6 respectively. A pair of end walls 7 and 8 are hingedly secured to the bottom of the boxas shown and are also provided with the depressions 9' and 10 respectively which cooperate with the depressions 5 and em assisting the player to remove a card fromthe top of the .packwhen' the same in place.

A false bottom 11 is placed in the box and spaced .a short distance from the bottom thereof. Thus it will be seen that a*closed receptacle will be formed, the use of which will be described hereinafter. This false bottom is held in position by the supporting members 12, 13, 14, and 15 which cooperate with the bottom 1 and false bottom 11 to forina chamber for the reception of a suitable weight 16 which prevents the device from becoming accidentally displaced.

A suitable strip of elastiomaterial is secured to each corner of the box as 9.1517 and is arranged to normally hold the sides and ends in the vertical position.

In the modified form of the inventionwhich is illustrated in Fig. 4:, instead of an to the bottom. Each of these hinges is arranged to force the free edges of the sides and ends toward each other and thus yieldably hold the same in such a way as to resemble a box like structure hereinbefore described. This construction is particularly adapted for the more expensive boxes and it is to be understood that the hinges used in the cheaper grade of box are preferably those used in hingedly securing lids to paste board boxes of the ordinary character.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that in use the box is placed in the desired position and a stack of cards placed therein. When it is desired to remove a card, it willbe evident that the same may be withdrawn from the top of the pack without disturbing the balance of'the cards and owing to the fact that the side is flexible, the card need not be turned over until the same is in the players hand, thereby eliminating any danger of the opponent seeing the card.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall-within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

in thefalse'bottom to hold the device in the desired position.

2. A device of the character described 7 comprising a bottom, a strip of felt secured to the bottom, ends and sides secured to the.

bottom, said ends and sides being provided with recesses in their freeedges, means to i normally hold the endsand sides in vertical position, and a Weight adapted to be rested on the bottom of the boX and adapted to hold the same from accidental displacement.

Copies ofjthis patentmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

bottom and the false bottom to prevent the box from becoming accidentally displaced. Intestnnony whereof I aflix my slgnature 1n presence of two witnesses.

v DONALD MACQUEEN.

WVit-nesses:

ORRION G. ALLEN,

S. H.,Moo 1zE.

Washington, D. G." 

